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<blockquote data-quote="Alikar" data-source="post: 4586764" data-attributes="member: 54594">After having read various threads on railroading, and speaking with a fellow DM on his previous party I have come across what I believe to be a new idea that I call Station Squating.Station Squatting is the act of a player or group of players to ignore plot threads and instead focus their time on frivolous activities.The reason I feel this is a problem is that the DM often spends a large amount of time working on a campaign for the players and should find it frustrating when the group essentially ignores the work they put into it. What I mean by this is not that the players are ignore the DMs plot or going off and adventure in an unexpected location, but instead the players are acting like NPCS. An example is a group of players shopping for clothing or starting their own business. Now while this can be interesting diversion, I think its a problem if it comes up consistently. Should not the players be Heroes and not Bakers? Especially for something like DnD?That said I like cake... mmm cake...TO NEW READERS TO THIS POST:Its apparent that I was unclear with what station squatting means in my original post. So here is a clarified version:Station Squatting is not ignoring the DM plot, its refusing to be adventures in a game about adventuring.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alikar, post: 4586764, member: 54594"] After having read various threads on railroading, and speaking with a fellow DM on his previous party I have come across what I believe to be a new idea that I call Station Squating. Station Squatting is the act of a player or group of players to ignore plot threads and instead focus their time on frivolous activities. The reason I feel this is a problem is that the DM often spends a large amount of time working on a campaign for the players and should find it frustrating when the group essentially ignores the work they put into it. What I mean by this is not that the players are ignore the DMs plot or going off and adventure in an unexpected location, but instead the players are acting like NPCS. An example is a group of players shopping for clothing or starting their own business. Now while this can be interesting diversion, I think its a problem if it comes up consistently. Should not the players be Heroes and not Bakers? Especially for something like DnD? That said I like cake... mmm cake... [U][B]TO NEW READERS TO THIS POST:[/B][/U] Its apparent that I was unclear with what station squatting means in my original post. So here is a clarified version: [B][I]Station Squatting[/I] is not ignoring the DM plot, its [U]refusing[/U] to be adventures in a game about adventuring.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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